LAKEWOOD, Colorado: Chance Hymas rebounded from a poor result in the Hangtown Motocross Classic last week to end Haiden Deegan’s perfect start to the 2025 season at Thunder Valley Motocross Park.
“Today was a perfect day for me,” Hymas told Jason Thomas on Peacock. “Fastest in both qualification sessions, led every single lap of both motos, holeshot both motos, won both motos. It was a dream come true.”
This was Hymas’ second overall win after finishing 4-1 at RedBud last year.
Replicating the performance of his rival during the first two rounds, Hymas swept the motos to score the overall win.
Deegan finished second in both motos for second overall.
"[The elevation] kind of took me out of my flow today, but if 2-2 is a bad day for me, I’m stoked,” Deegan told Will Christien. “We got lucky that first moto that the bike didn’t go.”
Deegan had caught Hymas in the first moto when his engine began to smoke. The crew instructed him to avoid using the clutch and Deegan narrowly beat Garrett Marchbanks and Ty Masterpool in that race. In the post-race news conference, Deegan said the team alternated between telling him it was and was not his riding style that created the issue.
Levi Kitchen overcame a poor finish of eighth in Moto 1 to finish third in the second race and third overall.
“I was in a dogfight the whole day,” Kitchen said. “Got a bad start, fell; man, I’ve just got to get off the line, but I’m really happy with my fitness.”
Tom Vialle was fourth with results of sixth and fifth.
Jo Shimoda rounded out the top five with a ninth in Moto 1 and fourth in Moto 2.
Making his pro debut, Kayden Minear was 16th overall with finishes of 18th in Moto 1 and 12th in Moto 2.
In-Race Notes
Hymas won Moto 1 as Deegan’s bike began to smoke. Deegan held onto second-place, however, and Hymas needed to beat Deegan to score the overall victory.
Hymas got the start over Deegan.
Vialle moved around Deegan briefly on the first lap, but then rode off course. He maintained third over Shimoda.
Casey Cochran rounded out the top five.
Kayden Minear was 10th on Lap 2.
Further back in the field, Avery Long passed Kitchen and Masterpool to land sixth. His previous five motos have all been in the 20s or only slightly better.
Julien Beaumer crashed on Lap 3.
As the clock closed on the halfway mark, Hymas built an advantage of 2.8 seconds.
Long’s Cinderella Story turned into a nightmare; his bike gave up the ghost.
Hymas extended the gap at the halfway point. It was 3.6 seconds with 13 minutes on the clock.
Deegan closed the gap to about two seconds and then crashed. He was 10 seconds back on Lap 9 with nine minutes on the clock. Deegan trimmed some time off the leader’s advantage, but faded again in the closing laps to finish 11 seconds back.
Hymas won his second Pro Motocross round.
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